Kicker Jake Bates made 26 of 29 field goals this year and set the Detroit Lions' single-season scoring record with 142 points ...

LEGENDARY:Jake Bates is the face of a league he no longer plays in Bates signed with the Lions after the UFL season, and became the starting kicker early in training camp when incumbent Michael ...

The origin story of Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates becoming a viral sensation is laced with a ... in a new league, with one ...

A year ago, the Detroit Lions fell to 49ers in part because they didn't trust the kicking game. They do now. Will it change ...

Here are his takes heading into Week 11, including the unlikely ascension of the Lions' kicker, a hot head coach candidate in Los Angeles, and big decisions ... But Jake Bates has become a bona ...

Jake Bates won't say it ... "It's really cool," Bates said in a video conference Thursday. "I think more than anything though, it's really a big-time offensive stat because so many of those ...